Progress on Water-related Ecosystems: Piloting the monitoring methodology and initial findings for SDG indicator 6.6.1

This report on global monitoring of water-related ecosystems builds on these key messages, emphasizing the value in monitoring and reporting target 6.6 progress through indicator 6.6.1, while considering the current state and trends of the world’s water-related ecosystems. The report presents the  collection of country results that were gathered during the pilot testing of  indicator 6.6.1 methodology, including the use of globally available data from Earth observations, and outlines how the methodology has evolved through its piloting phase, documenting the lessons learned from country outreach activities into an Inter-agency Expert Group on SDGs (IAEG-SDG) Tier II indicator methodology.